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Gray: Featuring me, and my team of Pokemon

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chapter 1: The Beginning

"The demons are preparing to battle!" a bellowing voice shouted throughout the arena of cheering fans. I looked around and was severely unnerved, where do I begin? How about my name, I'm Gray Steel, born fifteen years ago in Blackthorn City in the Johto region, but none of that matters now. Right now it seems that I and the rest of everyone alive are in heaps of trouble. I stared at the roaring crowd, my gold shirt and black pants were ruffling from the winds of the ventilation. Same went for my black short hair and my black and silver cap. I was far past nervous, I was scared out of my mind, but in spite of this, my unsual red eyes kept calm under the pressure.

You see, this isn't a story of heroes, no they died out when the first wave hit, no this is the tale of the survivors. This is the tale of me and my team. Two days ago, we were hit by something we'd never expect, aliens and not like Deoxys, no full out extraterrestrials, complete with spaceships and lasers. No one had a chance, whoever resisted or didn't have a Pokemon team were instantely shot up, but those of us who had Pokemon and kept quiet, we were the so called "lucky ones" didn't feel too lucky though.

"Go ahead demons, we're waiting," the announcer taunted causing my opponent to send out his first Pokemon. The opposing trainer was a man, about twenty years of age with black hair and a short, rotund body. His partner on the other hand was a Probopass, a floating rock Pokemon with large nose hairs sticking out and three floating noses.

I hesitated, but I finally threw out my pick, "Go, Aggron!" my iron, dinosaur like Pokemon appeared with him roaring his name. My opponent was too nervous to really study him, so he launched the first move he could think of.

"Probopass, use Thunderbolt!" the Pokemon complied by releasing a tremendous shocking attack, but it didn't do much to my partner.

Aggron grinned as I decided my next attack, "Okay Aggron, rock the house with an Earthquake!" The dinosaur roared in aggreement as the entire arena shook and devastated the opponent, "Good, now finish him with Flamethrower!" the Aggron's maw opened as a large stream of flames was released and and forces Probopass to faint.

"Damn it!" the man cursed as he returned his Pokemon then sent out another, "Go, Poliwrath!" a tadpole like Pokemon appeared and called it's name, "Okay Poliwrath, use Brick Break!" Poliwrath nods and charges Aggron as his fist turns white. Lucky for me, Aggron dodged as I realised fighting this Poliwrath with my current member would be useless.

"Aggron, come back!" I called as the beast is returned to it's Pokeball. I then pulled out another, "Go, Sceptile!" my dinosaur like, grass Pokemon appeared and roared out his challenge, "Okay, hit 'em hard with Leaf Blade!" the dinosaur nods as the leafs on his arms doubled in size and started to glow. One slash was all it took to make the tadpole Pokemon faint and fall to the ground.

The man started to sweat now, "Uh... go, Forretress!" the metal bug appeared like a giant clam type Pokemon and called it's name, "Okay Forretress, use Gyro Ball!" the bag worm Pokemon closed into it's shell and spun rapidly and advanced towards Sceptile at break neck speed, but the reptilian saw through the attack and quickly barrel rolled to the side.

I frowned and returned Sceptile as I pulled out a Pokeball with a large N printed on it," Go Nova!" a large wolverine like Pokemon with a flaming mane around the back of it's neck appeared with a roar, many faded scars were scattered across his chest, this was my first Pokemon, Nova the Typhlosion, "Okay Nova, this'll be a walk in the park, use Eruption!" I commanded as he lowered his flaming collar towards the Forretress and let loose an explosion of power that slamed into the bagworm Pokemon and knocked it into the wall. Nova let out one more roar as the crowd went wild, but I felt no joy in the victory.

The man had tears in his eyes as he begged, "Please! Please! I don't want to die!" he and his fainted Pokemon were dragged back into the depths by two reptilian aliens, known as Elites by some, no one knows for sure what happens after you lose, but one thing is for sure, you'll never be seen again. Two more Elites in golden armor and strange swords escorted me and Nova back to my cell for me to contemplate over my "victory".

"So you won after all," another person in the cell with me remarked in a melancholly tone. This was Leo Kennedy. His brown hair was slightly longer than mine while his black pants and white T-shirt were torn and jagged from abuse. We were best friends and he was one year older than me, while I picked Typhlosion five years ago, he picked a Swampert a year earlier in the Hoenn region, "That makes you the crowd favorite for today."

I looked down at the floor, "How come I don't feel like it?" I asked in dismay even though I knew the answer. I sentenced an innocent man and his Pokemon to death just to keep myself alive.

Leo noticed me and decided to change the subject, "How's your team looking?" he asked as I pulled out my six Pokeballs. My party included, Lucario, Sceptile, Aggron, Charizard, Flygon, and last but certainly not least, Nova. Leo's party on the other hand were, Swampert, Tyrranitar, Skarmory, Hydreigon, Weavile, and Houndoom. There was only one reason I wish he wasn't still alive. I knew that he would go to the semi-finals for sure, and I was most likely too with my easy victory streak, but when it came to our final battle, I'm not sure if I could kill my best friend just to save my ass.

"Hey, Leo?" I asked my best friend. He looked over at me and already knew what I was going to ask, so he just shook his head and assured me not to worry about it. I nodded in aggreement then put my Pokeballs, except Nova's, back and stared at the large N embroidered on it. It was gold with a black outline around it, the weird thing about the ball itself was, it was a Cherish Ball one of the rarest Pokeballs only used in special events.

We heard large thuds coming our way, we knew it was one of the guards. They were big, furry, and over all nasty creatures, and unlike the Elites who at least had some dignity these filthy beasts, AKA Brutes were as savage as they got. One of them unlocked our cell then growled his orders, "You, the whelp in the torns clothes, it's your time to be judged by the Gods," Leo said his farewells to me and then allowed the guards to escort him to the collesium.

Several minutes later, a smaller creature called a grunt walked over to my cell and threw a tray of food to me, "There you go, you stinky demon," I was about to growl back, but I noticed it had a small, pistol-like object in it's hand. I kept quiet as he irritated the shit out of me a little while longer than left with a smile on his face.

When Leo returned I was releaved that he won, but that was also the reason I was depressed. I know he felt the same when I always came back and I never blamed him, "Gray, I heard talk from the aliens that they brought a new shipment of trainers and due to the overflow, they're going to have to give some cells three occupants."

I nodded and prayed that it wasn't going to be anyone that I knew, "I see, so who'd you take out this time?"

Leo looked at me once and I knew he didn't want to talk about it, "He was just a boy, Gray, he was just a boy..." he looked towards the floor as a few tears fell to the floor.

"I'm sorry, I didn't know," I immediately apologized then we waited for our next match.

Chapter End

Gray: Damn, that's depressing

Omega: Yeah, I guess it was

Gray: Oh well, read and review guys!